Bid Manager Contracts

Bid Manager
UK

The median Bid Manager daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 697 852
Rank change year-on-year +127 +155 -163
Contract jobs requiring a Bid Manager 20 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.010% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.011% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 4
10th Percentile £325 £522 £433
25th Percentile £370 £525 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £588
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.26% +46.88%
75th Percentile £625 £788 £700
90th Percentile £665 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £475
% change year-on-year +9.09% +15.79% +35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £85.84 - -
25th Percentile £87.10 - -
Median hourly rate £87.80 £100.00 £100.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% - -
75th Percentile £87.85 - -
90th Percentile £87.94 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.80 £100.00 £100.00
% change year-on-year -12.20% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

Bid Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Bid Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Bid Manager in the UK

Bid Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bid Manager.

Daily rate trend for Bid Manager in the UK

Bid Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bid Manager over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Bid Manager in the UK

Bid Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bid Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Bid Manager in the UK

Bid Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +69 17 £600 +9.09% 43
Wales - 11 £600 -
England +127 8 £370 -34.22% 51
South East - 6 £650 - 8
Work from Home +127 5 £650 -10.34% 28
London +93 2 £350 -51.72% 5

Bid Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Bid Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Bid Manager in the job title.

1 16 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (70.00%) Risk Management
3 13 (65.00%) Marketing
4 12 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (60.00%) SC Cleared
5 11 (55.00%) Value Proposition
5 11 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (55.00%) Local Government
5 11 (55.00%) PRINCE2
5 11 (55.00%) SharePoint
5 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
5 11 (55.00%) Adobe
5 11 (55.00%) PMP
5 11 (55.00%) PMI Certification
5 11 (55.00%) Acrobat
5 11 (55.00%) Project Management
6 10 (50.00%) Degree
6 10 (50.00%) Psychology
7 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
8 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
8 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (35.00%) Customer Engagement
10 5 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
10 5 (25.00%) Due Diligence
10 5 (25.00%) Storyboarding
11 4 (20.00%) Bill of Materials
11 4 (20.00%) Budgeting
11 4 (20.00%) Work Breakdown Structure

Bid Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (55.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (55.00%) Acrobat
General
1 13 (65.00%) Marketing
2 11 (55.00%) Local Government
3 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (20.00%) Finance
5 4 (20.00%) Legal
6 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Risk Management
2 12 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (55.00%) PRINCE2
3 11 (55.00%) Project Management
3 11 (55.00%) Value Proposition
4 10 (50.00%) Psychology
5 8 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
5 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (35.00%) Customer Engagement
7 5 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
7 5 (25.00%) Due Diligence
7 5 (25.00%) Storyboarding
8 4 (20.00%) Bill of Materials
8 4 (20.00%) Budgeting
8 4 (20.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
9 3 (15.00%) Budget Management
10 2 (10.00%) People Management
10 2 (10.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (55.00%) PMI Certification
3 11 (55.00%) PMP
4 10 (50.00%) Degree
5 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Adobe
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Fujitsu